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CITY OF SANT A ANA
<br />SUFK OC will provide Civic Engagement and Leadership Development trainin g and activities for all yo uth
<br />enrolled in ITS (up to 20) as part of thi s grant. The training and activities are a prut of the ITS cwTi culum provided to
<br />youth aged 16-24. The training includes workshops and oppottunities for leadership development through civic
<br />engagement and vo lunt eerism. As prut of the mentoring prog:rrun, we help youth to identify social connections in
<br />their co1mnu.nity through civic engagement, volunteering, spott or school. Volunteering is highly encouraged in order
<br />to lerun social responsibility and to make social connections in their community. We also provide oppo1tunities for
<br />youth exiting the SUFK OC mentoring progrrun, to vo lunteer with our organization through outreach, tutoring,
<br />mentoring, fundraising, and administration. Many of our "graduates" re turn to SUFK OC as volunteers, staff, and
<br />advisors.
<br />SUFK OC offers workshops and training in Leadership, Employment, Education, Vocational Training and
<br />Entrepreneurship. The workshops and courses ru·e designed for youth that are evaluating future employment
<br />oppottunities and preparing for full time employment. The courses ru·e offered as prut of the Employment Readiness
<br />and/or Emplo yment Retention stages of the ITS ment01ing progrrun.
<br />11 . Suppo1tive Services
<br />SUFK OC prov ides suppo11i ve services to all youth enro ll ed in the SUFK OC mentoring program s.
<br />Supp011ive ser v ices include basic needs (food, clothing, hygiene), housing suppo11 , healthcare,
<br />behav ioral/mental health, counseling, legal aid, credit repair, hous ing n avigation, employment navigation,
<br />and transpo11ation (bus pass, gas cards, rideshare).
<br />We maintain close relationships with housing provide rs across Orange County. This includes
<br />re lati onships with loca l yo uth s helters (e.g. Way makers , Rob yne 's Nest, Mercy Ho use, and Casa Yo uth
<br />Shelter) to prov ide temporary housing for mentored youth. The SUFK OC Hous ing Navigators maintain
<br />r e lationships with housing prov iders across Orange County which we draw upon for trans itional and
<br />permanent housing for youth. Youth in s uppo11ed housing receive weekly deliveries of food, hygiene, and
<br />household produc ts . Youth may receive tape red rental s uppot1, as needed, once they complete the JTS
<br />program, are stably employed, and petmanently housed.
<br />We m aintain agreements with many agencies across OC that provide supp011i ve serv ices to m entored youth.
<br />The SUFK OC Case Manager refers pa11icipants to services s uch as medi ca l ("Serve the People" in S anta
<br />Ana and "Fam ili es Together" in Tustin and Garden Grove), menta l health (OMIC, AP AIT), employment
<br />(OneStop Centers, O C APICA), identification services (Orange County C lerk/Recorder), transp011ation (OC
<br />Transit Authority), education (County Office of Education and multiple school di stricts, community colleges
<br />and universities (EOPS office, GED, and vocational programs), Fed eral, State, loc al, and private assistan ce
<br />including Medi-Cal and Supplemental N utrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Women, Infants and C hi ldren
<br />(WIC), State Unemployment Insurance, Social Secmity Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental
<br />Security Inco m e (SSI), and the General Relief Program (GR).
<br />Community coordination and coll aboration are key to prov idin g wrap -a round suppo11i ve services t o
<br />vulnerable youth . We coll aborate w ith many county -wide agencies to identify at-risk youth as early as
<br />possible, including OC2 l l , the OC TAY (Transitio n Aged Youth) Collaborative, and the Orange County
<br />Human Trafficking Tas k Force. We coordinate services throu gh the Orange County Continuum of Care
<br />(CoC) and its Coordinated Entry System (CES) and refer clients to CES's participating agen cies including
<br />emergency shelters, trans itional liv ing, rapid re-housing, and/or p e1mane n t suppo11ive hous ing r eso urces.
<br />The CoC and the Coordinated Entry System (CES) invo lve m any organi zations ser ving vulnerable youth
<br />w ith the goal of improv ing the effic iency and quality of our unified effo11s across Orange Co unty. SUFK OC
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<br />City Council 10 – 283 7/1/2025
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